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St-Michel or Cluny-La Sor-
bonne)
This is one of the most popular of the many Latin Quarter cinemas, featuring classics and
retrospectives looking at the films of such actors and directors as Alfred Hitchcock, Jacques
Tati, Alain Resnais, Frank Capra, Tim Burton and Woody Allen. One of the two
salles
(cinemas) has wheelchair access.
A couple of times a month Le Champo screens films for night owls, kicking off at mid-
night (three films plus breakfast €15).
JAZZ, BLUES
CAVEAU DE LA HUCHETTE
Thu €13, Fri & Sat €15, under 25yr €10; 9.30pm-2.30am Sun-Wed, to 4am Thu-Sat; St-Michel)
Housed in a medieval
caveau
(cellar) used as a courtroom and torture chamber during the
Revolution, this club is where virtually all the jazz greats have played since the end of
WWII. It attracts its fair share of tourists, but the atmosphere can be more electric than at
the more serious jazz clubs. Sessions start at 10pm.
JAZZ, BLUES
LE PETIT JOURNAL ST-MICHEL
mission incl 1 drink €20, with dinner €49-53; Mon-Sat; Cluny-La Sorbonne or RER Luxembourg)
Classic jazz concerts kick off at 9.15pm in the atmospheric downstairs cellar of this sophist-
icated jazz venue across from the Jardin du Luxembourg. Everything ranging from Dixie-
land and vocals to big band and swing sets patrons' toes tapping. Dinner is served at 8pm.
JAZZ, BLUES
LE CAVEAU DES OUBLIETTES
01 46 34 24 09;
www.caveaudesoubliettes.fr
; 52 rue Galande, 5e;
5pm-4am; St-Michel)
From the 16th-century ground-floor pub, descend to the 12th-century dungeon for jazz,
blues and funk concerts and jam sessions (from 10pm).
CLASSICAL
ÉGLISE ST-JULIEN LE PAUVRE
01 42 26 00 00;
www.concertinparis.com
; 1 rue St-Julien le Pauvre, 5e;
St-Michel)
Piano recitals (Chopin, Liszt) are staged two evenings a week in one of the oldest churches
in Paris.
